Shade-fixture



No. 770,511 1 PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904.

T. SULIKXJ SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED mm 15 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Patented September 20, 1904.

PATENT @EETEE.

THEODOR SULIKX, OF DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,511, dated September 20, 1904.

Application filed June 15, 1904.

T0 Ml whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, THEODOR SULIKX,a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Duquesne, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to shade-fixtures, and has for its object to provide an attacl ment for window-shades which may be readily attached to the ordinary form of shades now commonly used, the attachment providing means whereby the shade may be raised and lowered without handling the shade proper.

'Another object of my invention is to provide an attachment of this character which may be adjusted upon the window-shade, the attachment being so constructed as to present a neatappearance, at the same time maintaining a construction which will be strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient when used.

Briefiy described, my invention consists of providing a rod composed of a plurality of sections upon the outer ends of which are mounted U-shaped clamps which are adapted to engage the slat carried by the lower end of the shade, and in the center of said rod-sections I secure a suitable handle which acts as a weight to hold the shade in a vertical position and prevent the wind or air that may enter a window from blowing the same outwardly,whereby the shade might be damaged;

The construction above described willbe hereinafter described in detail, and referring to the drawings accompanying this application like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved attachment, showing the same applied to the lower edge of the shade, the shade being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of my improved attachment, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the handle of my improved attachment.

Referring to the drawings accompanying this application, the reference-numeral 1 in- Serial No. 212,611. (No model-l dicates in dotted lines the lower edge of the shade upon which my attachment is to be applied, and in shades of this character the lower edge is generally provided with a slat 2, around which the end of the shade is wrapped, this slat being employed to hold the shade in an expanded position and prevent the same from crumpling or becoming otherwise disfigured.

The reference-numeral 2 indicates a rod which is clamped upon the lower edge of the shade. This rod comprises a plurality of sections which are joined together to form one rod, and the reference-numerals 3 3 indicate the central sections, which are provided on their ends with screw-threads 4: 1 and 5 5, and to secure the screw-threaded ends 4 1 together I employ a ball 6, which is provided with screw-threaded recesses? 7 diametrically 0pposite each other, and in these screw-threaded recesses the screw-threaded ends of the rods 3 3 are secured.

The reference-numeral 8 indicates ascrewthreaded recess which is formed in the ball 6 at right angles to the screw-threaded recesses 7 7, and in this screw-threaded recess is secured the screw-threaded shank 9 of the handle 10, this handle being preferably made in the form of a ball, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Upon the screw-threaded ends 5 5 of the rods 3 3 are secured balls 11 11, which are provided with recesses to receive said ends, and diametrically opposite these recesses are formed similar recesses 12 to receive the screwthreaded ends of the rod-sections 1 1 14, and the outer ends of these sections are threaded, and upon these screw-threaded ends are secured the balls 15 15. In the balls 11 11 are formed recesses 16 16 diametrically opposite each other and at right angles to the recesses in which the rod-sections 3 and 14 are secured, and in the screw-threaded recesses 16 16 are secured the screw-threaded ends of the L- shaped rods 17 17, the upper ends of these rods extending inwardly toward each other and are screw-threaded, as indicated at 18 18, to receive balls 19 19, similar in construction to the balls 15 15 heretofore described. As illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the L- shaped rods 17 17 extend inwardly, and the balls 19 19 of said rods are adapted to engage each side of the curtain-shade in a firm manner .whereby the rod 2' will be supported upon the lower edge of the shade.

It will be observed that by the construction employed in connection with my improved attachment for window-shades the same may be moved along the shade to any position desired, and while I have herein shown the rod 2' as comprising a plurality of sections secured together this rod could be formed of one piece and the balls 11 11 and 6 formed with apertures through which the rod could pass and have secured on its outer ends the balls 15 15. It will be noted that any desired form of ornamentation may be used as a handle in the place of the ball 10,and other slight changes in the details of construction may be made without departingfrom the general spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim is 1. An attachment for window-shades, comprising a rod, said rod consisting of a plurality of sections joined together, a knob secured centrally of said rod-sections, knobs carried by the outer ends of said rods, clamping-arms carried by said rod-sections, knobs mounted upon the ends of said clamping-arms.

2. A window-shade fixture com prising a rod weighted at its center and having knobs adjacent each end, and clamping-arms carried by said knobs for engagement with the windowshade, substantially as described.

3. An attachment for window-shades comprising a rod, clamping-arms carried by said rod adjacent each end, and knobs carried by said clamping-arms for engagement with the window-shade, substantially as described.

4. An attachment for window-shades, comprising a rod, a weight secured to said rod approximately midway of its length, U-shaped clamping-arms rigidly secured to the rod adjacent the ends thereof and adapted to receive a curtain therebetween, and knobs on the free ends of said arms adapted to impinge on opposite sides of a curtain.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODOR SULIKX.

Witnesses:

H. G. EVERT, E. E. POTTER. 

